Plenty of people were left scratching their heads when the new Google Earth was introduced, precisely because it was clear that PNaCl's days were numbered. I t

Plenty of people were left scratching their heads when the new Google Earth was introduced, precisely because it was clear that PNaCl's days were numbered. I think the likely explanation is that Google is a large company with numerous departments and those departments don't always pull in the same direction. I imagine some people within Google weren't happy with the Google Earth announcement.